Snow melting apparatus

A snow melting apparatus comprising:

• a wiper system including
• a wiper blade to wipe a windshield,
• an angle sensor, and
• a motor configured to drive the wiper blade to reverse a wipe operation of the wiper blade at a reversal position based on the angle sensor, such that rotation of the motor when the wiper blade moves to a released position is reversed to rotation of the motor when the wiper blade moves to a standby position;
• a first heating element installed near a front pillar and configured to generate heat when energized;
• a determiner configured to determine whether snow accumulates on a surface of the windshield based on an operation of the wiper system;
• and
• a controller configured to control energization of the first heating element, wherein
• the controller is configured to energize the first heating element on determination of the determiner that snow accumulates on the surface of the windshield.